Eder
Masculine · “flock”
Eder is a flock in Hebrew — and a place in Genesis, Migdal Eder, the tower of the flock, where Jacob pitched his tent after Rachel died.
How old is the name Eder?
Eder first appears in US birth records in 1982 — 43 years ago. The typical Eder alive today was born around 2009, making them about 16 years old. About 3,200 people named Eder are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Eder most popular?
Eder peaked in 2015, reaching #1259 nationally. Today it ranks #1728, 469 places below that high. See the whole 2015 chart.
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Where it comes from
From eder to Eder
The story of Eder
Migdal Eder is where Jacob camps after burying Rachel, and Micah addresses it in a messianic passage. The Basque eder, 'beautiful', is separately an ordinary word and a name. Spanish-speaking and Basque families brought both to America, where Eder appears in the registers and is in current use.
Meaningscholars disagree
flock, herd
From the Hebrew eder, 'flock' or 'herd'. Migdal Eder, the tower of the flock, appears in Genesis 35 and again in Micah. A separate Basque Eder means 'beautiful', and the German Eder is a river. All three are genuine and the American name draws on more than one.
How the name formed
- eder
- Eder
Related forms: עדר · Eder · Eder
Pronouncing Eder
EH-der
Two syllables, stress on the first. Hebrew places the stress on the second, e-DER.
Nicknames for Eder
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1982
- Most boys named
- 2015143 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1259reached in 2015
- Change vs 2024
- −5.1%94 in 2025, from 99
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Eder in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- עדר in Hebrew — transliteration
- Eder in Basque — same name
- Eder in Spanish — same name
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas, New York.
Eders among us
people named Eder are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 18,171 born in 2025 was named Eder
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Dajon test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Eder's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Dajon climbed just as high around 1999, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Dajon's path sketches the road Eder is walking now.
Eder sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Eder is headed
Eder should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind. Its history is short or jumpy, though, so read this as a sketch rather than a promise.
Low confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Eder beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Eder in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Two genuine traditions can claim it, one Hebrew and one Basque.
- The Basque 'beautiful' reading is transparent and attractive.
- Ed is available as a completely ordinary short form.
- The origin is genuinely split between unrelated languages.
- The stress placement differs between Hebrew and Spanish readings.
- It reads as unusual and will be asked about.
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Frequently asked
- How many Eders are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 3,200 people named Eder are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Eder in 2025?
- Eder ranks #1728 among US boy names in 2025, with 94 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Eder?
- About 1 in every 18,171 US boys born in 2025 was named Eder — 94 in all.
- Will my child share the name Eder with classmates?
- Eder will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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